Apart from the public at large which can participate in the whole process via an online discussion forum, a total of four groups were involved in the vision building process. The main task of the three domain-specific Vision Groups (Translation and Localisation, Media and Information Services, Interactive Systems, see below) was to produce ideas and concepts for visionary LT-based applications within their respective domains and to provide input for technology forecasts.

The fourth group involved in the vision building process is the META Technology Council. The reports on the accumulated and condensed findings produced by the Vision Groups were discussed and processed by the META Technology Council which had its inaugural meeting on November 16, 2010, in Brussels, with follow-up meetings in Venice (May 25, 2011), Berlin (September 30, 2011) and, again, Brussels (June 19, 2012). The Council consolidated the input collected from Vision Groups and multiple discussions with the community into a first version of the Strategic Research Agenda which was published on July 11, 2012. The SRA will be used to convey META’s message to policy makers, private and public sponsors and the general public.